“If you’re going to do it, you might as well do it right”.
My mother in law

With that quote in mind, let’s examine the most effective way to do “lunges”, utilizing the concept of time under tension.

Time under tension refers to how long a muscle is bearing a load of resistance continuously; that is, the amount of sustained time it is forced to work.

If you apply continuous tension to a muscle or muscle group, more muscle fibers will be called into play, and the growth stimulus will be much greater, than if you conducted a series of “starts and stops”, giving the muscle a chance to rest every few seconds.

This concept is very apparent in the lunge video. If you keep your body weight, plus the resistance provided by the dumbells, on one leg continuously, complete all your reps for that leg, then switch to the other leg, that’s better than hopping back and forth on one leg, or alternating legs. More time under tension.

Keep this principle in mind throughout your workouts. The more sustained, continuous tension you can keep on your working muscles the better.

Check out the video to see this principle in action, then do me a favor and post your comments here……